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1. Consider the roller coaster in the example. When does it have the highest kin

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1. Consider the roller coaster in the example. When does it have the highest kinetic energy?

At the top of the track

At the end of the track

At the top of the first loop

At the top of the second loop

At the top of the first hill

2. Which of the following are true of the effect of friction on the Hot Wheels car at the horizontal bottom part of the ramp.

Friction makes the potential energy increase

Friction makes the kinetic energy increase

Friction makes the kinetic energy decrease

Friction makes the TOTAL energy decrease

Friction leaves the TOTAL energy constant

3. Consider the roller coaster in the example. When does it have the highest TOTAL energy?

At the top of the track

At the end of the track

At the top of the first loop

At the top of the second loop

Always has the same TOTAL energy

At the top of the track

At the end of the track

At the top of the first loop

At the top of the second loop

At the top of the first hill

2. Which of the following are true of the effect of friction on the Hot Wheels car at the horizontal bottom part of the ramp.

Friction makes the potential energy increase

Friction makes the kinetic energy increase

Friction makes the kinetic energy decrease

Friction makes the TOTAL energy decrease

Friction leaves the TOTAL energy constant

3. Consider the roller coaster in the example. When does it have the highest TOTAL energy?

At the top of the track

At the end of the track

At the top of the first loop

At the top of the second loop

Always has the same TOTAL energy

Explanation / Answer

Q1   .At the top of the first hill

Q2    Friction makes the kinetic energy decrease

According to the third law of thermodynamics the the total energy of the system must remain the same but answer 3 is correct.

Q3   Always has the same TOTAL energy

At each point in time, it will either being using kinetic energy (while in motion), or potential energy (while at a standstill). The total energy will always be 100% of those two combined.